WebVTT - Revision history

Thorsted: Updated PRONOM

2021-11-10T18:33:57Z

Updated PRONOM

Thorsted at 04:18, 20 April 2021

2021-04-20T04:18:39Z

Dan Tobias at 02:47, 23 June 2014

2014-06-23T02:47:50Z

Dan Tobias at 02:46, 23 June 2014

2014-06-23T02:46:38Z

Dan Tobias: /* Identification */

2014-06-22T19:09:51Z

‎Identification

Dan Tobias: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Video |subcat2=Subtitle formats |released=2014 |mimetypes={{mimetype|text/vtt}} }} '''WebVTT''' is a format for subtitles (e.g., to..."

2014-06-22T19:09:08Z

Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Video |subcat2=Subtitle formats |released=2014 |mimetypes={{mimetype|text/vtt}} }} '''WebVTT''' is a format for subtitles (e.g., to..."

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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Video
|subcat2=Subtitle formats
|released=2014
|mimetypes={{mimetype|text/vtt}}
}}
'''WebVTT''' is a format for subtitles (e.g., to accompany video) which has been proposed as a W3C draft in 2014. It has some similarities to the [[SubRip text file format]], but uses a different syntax. As it is only a draft as of this writing, it may still be subject to change.

== Format ==

Files consist of a series of subtitles and/or comments, separated by blank lines. Any of the standard line-termination sequences (CR, LF, CR+LF) are allowed to mark the end of a line. A "metadata header" may precede the first subtitle or comment. A comment consists of a segment beginning with the word "NOTE". A subtitle consists of a line giving the timing of the subtitle (<code>HH:MM:SS.XXXX --> HH:MM:SS.XXXX</code> or <code>MM:SS.XXXX --> MM.SS.XXXX</code> (possibly followed by some positioning elements) followed by one or more lines of subtitles. Some embedded tags can be used within the subtitles, for instance to identify which character is speaking (<code><v Jane></code>)

== Identification ==

WebVTT files always begin with the characters <code>WEBVTT<code>, possibly preceded by a [[Byte Order Mark]]. The character encoding is [[UTF-8]].

== Links ==
* [http://dev.w3.org/html5/webvtt/ WebVTT draft (W3C)]

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 '''WebVTT''' is a format for subtitles (e.g., to accompany video) which has been proposed as a W3C draft in 2014. It has some similarities to the [[SubRip text file format]], but uses a different syntax. As it is only a draft as of this writing, it may still be subject to change.
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 == Identification ==
-WebVTT files always begin with the characters <code>WEBVTT</code>, possibly preceded by a [[Byte Order Mark]].
+WebVTT files always begin with the characters <code>WEBVTT</code>, possibly preceded by a [[Byte Order Mark]].<ref>https://www.w3.org/TR/webvtt1/#file-structure</ref>
 == Links ==
 * [http://dev.w3.org/html5/webvtt/ WebVTT draft (W3C)]

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 == Format ==
-Files consist of a series of subtitles and/or comments, separated by blank lines. Any of the standard line-termination sequences (CR, LF, CR+LF) are allowed to mark the end of a line. A "metadata header" may precede the first subtitle or comment. A comment consists of a segment beginning with the word "NOTE". A subtitle consists of a line giving the timing of the subtitle (<code>HH:MM:SS.XXXX --&gt; HH:MM:SS.XXXX</code> or <code>MM:SS.XXXX --&gt; MM.SS.XXXX</code> (possibly followed by some positioning elements) followed by one or more lines of subtitles. Some embedded tags can be used within the subtitles, for instance to identify which character is speaking (<code>&lt;v Jane&gt;</code>)
+Files consist of a series of subtitles and/or comments, separated by blank lines. Any of the standard line-termination sequences (CR, LF, CR+LF) are allowed to mark the end of a line. A "metadata header" may precede the first subtitle or comment. A comment consists of a segment beginning with the word "NOTE". A subtitle consists of a line giving the timing of the subtitle (<code>HH:MM:SS.XXXX --&gt; HH:MM:SS.XXXX</code> or <code>MM:SS.XXXX --&gt; MM.SS.XXXX</code> (possibly followed by some positioning elements) followed by one or more lines of subtitles. Some embedded tags can be used within the subtitles, for instance to identify which character is speaking (<code>&lt;v Jane&gt;</code>). The character encoding is [[UTF-8]].
 == Identification ==
-WebVTT files always begin with the characters <code>WEBVTT</code>, possibly preceded by a [[Byte Order Mark]]. The character encoding is [[UTF-8]].
+WebVTT files always begin with the characters <code>WEBVTT</code>, possibly preceded by a [[Byte Order Mark]].
 == Links ==
 * [http://dev.w3.org/html5/webvtt/ WebVTT draft (W3C)]